Egypt Unit Test

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What is silt?

• Rich soil
• An area with very warm climate and little rainfall

What is a delta?

• A fan-shaped area of marshy land at a river's mouth
• A stream that flows into a river or lake

What is irrigation?

• A time of low rainfall, leading to a shortage of water
• A system that supplies dry land with water through ditches/streams

What continent is Egypt located on?

• Europe
• Asia
• Africa

Why was the Sahara Desert important to the Egyptians?

• It provided them with sand so that they could farm.
• It provided them with protection from invaders.

Why were the Mediterranean and Red Seas important to the Egyptians?

• They allowed for transportation and trade.
• The saltwater was good for farming.

What is the longest river in the world called that the Egyptians used to survive?

• Nile River
• Mississippi River

The Nile was important because they used it to irrigate and provide their crops with silt.

• True
• False

What is a sarcophagus?

• A tomb
• A coffin